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Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Post-mass drug administration (MDA) surveillance during the lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination program in Sri Lanka, revealed the re-emergence of brugian filariasis after four decades.
C. H. Mallawarachchi +4 more
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The Effectiveness of Dengue Vector Control: A Meta‐Review
Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 10, Page 1069-1086, October 2025.ABSTRACT Background Dengue vector control plays an important role in reducing the burden of dengue infection. This study aimed to summarise the evidence of published systematic reviews on the efficacy of dengue vector control interventions. Methods Systematic reviews of cluster randomised controlled trials and randomised controlled trials in ...
Gary K. K. Low +4 more
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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2018 Objective: The regency of Bintan Island is on the coast, mangrove forests area, so it becomes a potential area for breeding places of filariasis vector.
Lilly Haslinda +4 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Background Lymphatic filariasis is a chronic, disabling and often disfiguring condition that principally impacts the world’s poorest people. In addition to the well-recognised physical disability associated with lymphedema and hydrocele, affected people ...
J. Obindo +14 more
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Medicine Advances, Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 177-192, September 2025.We focused on the MAP kinase activating death domain (MADD) protein of Brugia malayi as a candidate for a vaccine against lymphatic filariasis (LF). Our results demonstrated a significant increase in the production of memory B‐cells, T‐cells, and antibodies, which are crucial for removing microfilariae from the circulation of infected individuals. This
Paa Kwesi Anfu +8 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Background Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to initiate a lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination program based on WHO guidelines. The Anti-Filariasis Campaign provided 5 annual rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine plus ...
R. Rao +6 more
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NERS Jurnal Keperawatan, 2018 Filariasis merupakan infeksi sistemik yang disebabkan oleh cacing filarial yang hidup dalam kelenjar limfe dan darah manusia. Hal terpenting yang harus dilakukan yaitu menurunkan angka kejadian filariasis yang dipengaruhi oleh lingkungan dan perilaku ...
Weni Sartiwi
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2017 Accurate prevalence data are essential for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem. Despite it bearing one of the highest burdens of disease globally, there remains limited reliable information on the current epidemiology ...
Benjamin F R Dickson +2 more
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The first report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus in Haiti
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012 Aedes albopictus was found in six of the 10 departments of Haiti and in 14 of the 35 communes surveyed. The survey found the larvae of Ae. albopictus in 13 different types of containers. Used tires and tins were by far the most common breeding sites used
María del Marquetti Fernández +3 more
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Integrated morbidity management for lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis, Ethiopia
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2017 Problem Lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis are the major causes of tropical lymphoedema in Ethiopia. The diseases require a similar provision of care, but until recently the Ethiopian health system did not integrate the morbidity management.
Kebede Deribe +12 more
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